Floating doll



F. M. O'CONNOR.

Jan. 23, 1923.

FLOATING DOLL- HLED JUNE 1. 192l- Patented Jan. 23, 1923.

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FLOATING DOLL.

Application filed June 1, 1921.

To all 1071-0972-1115 may concern:

Be it known that I, FLORENCE MAnnLnN OCoNNon, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of the city of Ottawa, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion oi Canada, have invented certain new and use tul Improvements in Floating Dolls, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in floating dolls, and the objects of the invention are to provide a simple and effective doll of pleasing appearance which may be manufactured at low cost with a minimum amount of material.

Further objects of the invention are to enable. the material from which the doll is formed to be also utilized to produce a skirt and neck band on the doll.

Further objects still are generally to improve and simplify the construction of the doll.

And it consists essentially of the improved construction hereinafter described in detail in the accompanying specifications and drawings.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the doll.

Figure 2 is a sectional elevation taken at right angles to Figure 1.

In the drawings, like characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in all the figures.

Referring to the drawings:

A indicates the body nortionof the doll which is termed of suitable close-woven textile material suitably treated, as being rubberized to retain air, and at a suitable point, such as for instance, at the back of the doll, I provide an air valve 10 of any suitable type which will permit inflow but prevent outflow therefrom, the intention being that the doll should be inflated when in use.

The head, legs and arms of the doll are all in communication with the body portion. The doll is preferably formed from two pieces 11 and 12 of material which are Serial No. 474,072.

joined together by an inwardly turned seam 13 extending around the side of the body portion of the legs, arms and head of the doll. The skirt 14: on the doll is in the nature of a flounce produced by a tuck formed in the pieces 11 and 12 and being integral therewith. In the same way, the collar 15 is formed by a tuck turned in reversed direction to that which produces the skirt let. The head 16 may have any suitable face painted or otherwise marked thereon.

It will be found that with a doll of this kind it will be possible to construct it at low cost and will, when inflated and used in the water, form a very considerable amount of amusementtor children.

As many changes could be made in the above construction, and many apparently widely different embodiments oi. my invention, within the scopeoi the claims, constructed without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying spec-iiication and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

hat I claim as my invention is:

1. A floating doll comprisin a body portion with head, legs and arms connecting and formed from two pieces of suitably woven textile material joined together by an in wardly turned seam extending across the body, a skirt for the doll formed by an integral tuck in said pieces, and a collar formed by a second integral tuck in reversed direction to the skirt tuck.

2. A doll of the class described formed from two pieces of textile material connected by inwardly turned seams and having tucks therein designed to form a skirt and a collar for the doll.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of a witness.

FLORENCE MADELEN OCONNOR.

Witness RUssELL S. SMART. 

